Sierra Club MacKinac Chapter v. Department of Environmental Quality

747 N.W.2d 321 (2008)

SIERRA CLUB MACKINAC CHAPTER, Petitioner-Appellant,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, Respondent-Appellee.

Docket No. 269181.

Court of Appeals of Michigan.

Submitted August 8, 2007, at Lansing.

Decided January 15, 2008, at 9:10 a.m.

Hicks, Mullett & Gregg, PLLC (by Liisa R. Speaker), Lansing, and Field Jerger, LLP (by Scott Jerger), Portland, OR, for the petitioner.

Michael A. Cox, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, and Alan F. Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, for the respondent.

Before: WHITBECK, C.J., and TALBOT and ZAHRA, JJ.

WHITBECK, C.J.

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